At the right time

Is it derisive or mocking?How does it come on?Is it camaraderie?Is it an attempt to build bonds?Did you smile too soonand looked like a moron? Time mattersalways…..more so when you laughat a joke,for a ballor someone’s fall Sensitivity, thy name is the right timeLet it hurt, or let it chime Poetics: Just for Laughs

Landing

wheels rotatingaircraft spinstime to reflecton all that I leave behindchecking if the storieslay buried in gravesnobody to call my name-the city and Istrangers hereafter the plane flies againto a destinationlife will crashafter landing Quadrille at dVerse Photo Challenge #531

Where I Reside

When the world slumbers deep,the future beckonsasking for a form and shapeI know it will deceive, yet it isa relentless companionthat refuses to sleep. The clock ticks awayto an unknown eramocking my futile efforts,To make sense of past and futureInextricably stuck in the presentwhere I will always beas the state of beingredefines itselfand the futurefalls … Continue reading Where I Reside

The Fall of a CEO

I've chosen the following lines as a glose. Litany for Dictatorships (1936) by Stephen Vincent Benét We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong.We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.We thought the long train would run to the end of Time.We thought the light would increase. We thought we were … Continue reading The Fall of a CEO

August

August brings heavy rains, but religion and patriotism endure it all to celebrate festivals. Some festivals are designed to break the monotony of grey clouds with colour. Being a Leo, I’ve grown to believe that August brings positive change, though every August of my life does not testify to this. This year's Mercury retrograde dampened … Continue reading August

Triversen

she mows the lawnfor she cannot let grassgrow under her feet she waters the plantsinfusing them with lifeshe herself longs for she sings the same songall over again – just tofind new meaning in it the sun rises againwith the same coloursin the same direction her desperationblackens horizonsthey fail to paint hope looking inward is … Continue reading Triversen

Bonding over Food

I  could have turned the knife on someone who left this mess in the kitchen. But then the lockdown happened, and I applied my creativity in the same space. I proudly posted pictures of my culinary masterpieces on social media to counter my mother’s vicious jibes that I am a good-for-nothing in the domestic sphere. … Continue reading Bonding over Food

Optimism

optimism-unending battleto change the view-unbending willto not be a victimof fear-inducing stories-to not let the leashtighten on thoughts helplessness gripssilenced rebellion haunts-march onsow seeds of change-let the futurereap the fruitit deserves Quadrille at dVerse Photo Challenge #529

Back and forth

The fitness app chases a target of 10000. I need to walk back and forth as the steps are less than 10000, just like moments in life. Something happens in my body with each step, but mental movement takes me in different directions. The thought that so many others tread the same path changes the … Continue reading Back and forth